Mastomys
| Mastomys Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent | |
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| Southern Multimammate Mouse (Mastomys coucha) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | Mastomys Thomas, 1915 |
| Species | |
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Mastomys awashensis | |
Mastomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species:
- Awash Mastomys (Mastomys awashensis)
- Southern Multimammate Mouse (Mastomys coucha)
- Guinea Multimammate Mouse (Mastomys erythroleucus)
- Hubert's Multimammate Mouse (Mastomys huberti)
- Verheyen's Multimammate Mouse (Mastomys kollmannspergeri)
- Natal Multimammate Mouse (Mastomys natalensis)
- Dwarf Multimammate Mouse (Mastomys pernanus)
- Shortridge's Multimammate Mouse (Mastomys shortridgei)
References
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.